Second week of the Trap League

Hi everyone.
Well, I cannot come up with a definitive reason for my second round last night being so dismal :(
My team started shooting at 7pm EST, the sun was still out and would not begin to set until just about the time we were finished with our two rounds, so I cannot blame the setting sun.  There was no wind to speak of, too bad that's always a good excuse. I think it was just me, and not shooting ahead of the target.
Now to the scores.  My first round was 20 out of 25.  In Trap there are 5 stations, and at each station you shoot 5 times.  The clay birds come out of the house at different angles, so you never know which way (left, right or straight) it will come out. Watching the bird, swinging the shotgun and shooting takes some practice, which I am working on.  I was pretty happy with my first round.
The second round started out really bad.  On the first station I missed 5, on the second station I missed 4.  My team mates were giving me advice and we were all wondering if my shells had shot in them.  The other team members thought I was shooting behind the target, meaning I needed to swing my gun faster and get it pointed ahead on the clay target before pulling the trigger.  I had to concentrate more, and began to pick up the targets.  But, because of the dismal start, I could only eek out a score of 11.

I was given two boxes on a number 8 shot by one of my team mates.  He thought I might do better using a slightly lighter load. I can practice with those boxes before next week shoot.

I'll keep you posted on how next weeks shoot turns out.
Good news, I get to go cross bow deer hunting tomorrow afternoon.

Take care, good shooting and good hunting.
M.